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twenty-nine

twenty-nine

22 1.0
The number after twenty-eight
  • numeral
  • /ˈtwɛnti naɪn/
translation icon : veintinueve
  • I'm twenty-nine, Lady Bracknell.
  • Twenty-nine percent
  • twenty-nine years
  • Twenty-nine respondents

Examples

  • "Of course, at a mere twenty-nine years of age I didn't wish to be considered fuddy-duddy.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • The average age of video game players was twenty-nine, and almost seventy percent of the market was male consumers.

    Academic text (2005)

  • There is no one on this island older than twenty-nine, and there never will be.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Why would I retire at twenty-nine?

    666: Teen Warlock (2016)

  • I mention it only because the patient is a twenty-nine-year-old woman from a well-to-do Boston family.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • On average, white women veterans are twenty-nine years old, one year younger than their non-serving counterparts.

    Academic text (2003)

  • I understood perfectly when we met, but you're twenty-nine, and you've never been seriously involved with a man.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Twenty-nine new objects detected.

    The Marvels (2023)

  • I am twenty-nine years old, which feels like a great age to chase my dreams.

  • The team scored twenty-nine points in the first half of the game.

Synonyms

29
vstwenty-nine
569 1.0

The number after twenty-eight and before thirty

is the word form naming the same number rather than a symbol
xxix
vstwenty-nine
7.9

A way to write the number 29 using Roman numerals

is the word form naming the same number instead of a numeral

How Many

fifty
1.0
thirty
∞ 1.0
twenty-nine
22 1.0
twenty-five
165 1.0
twenty
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

twenty-nine cardinal word
29 cardinal digit
twenty nine cardinal word

Morphology

twenty-nine = twenty + nine (transparent) = twenty + nine

The meaning is a straightforward combination of 'twenty' + 'nine' denoting the numeral 29 and is directly derivable by learners who know both components.

Etymology

Twenty-nine comes from joining twenty, which means 'two tens', and nine, so it literally means 'two tens plus nine'. That's why twenty-nine is the number 20 + 9 and is 'one less than thirty'.